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    in use; said to be preferably
    used by masters (ɔka [ ˩ ˥ ]) of
    the art of ogwɛga-divination.
    
omu [ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Entandrophrag-
    ma candollei; similar to ɛkpiro
    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].
    
omuhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ / ] beginning; cf. mu 1
    [ ˥ ], hɛ̃ [ / ].
    
omumu 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] soldier-ant.
    
omumu 2 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a snake believed to
    have two heads.
    
omunya [ ˩ ˩ / ] (1) somebody or
    something put on top. (2) seventh
    innings at ayo [ ˥ ˩ ] game; cf.
    mu 1 [ ˥ ], nya [ / ].
    
ona [ ˩ ˥ ] sketch, pattern.
    
oni [ ˩ ˩ ] cold weather; oni fi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
    it is cold; oni fi (or, bũ) gbe
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is very cold; oni gbe ʋ̃ɛ
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “cold is killing me”: I am
    feeling cold.
    
onikɛkɛzɛ [ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] a headgear of
    the Ɔba, without fringes, L.R.
    p. 23; v. ɛde [ ˥ ˥ ].
    
onurho [ ˩ \ ˩ ] gateway, passage of
    gate; onurh-oɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] outer com-
    pound gate leading to street;
    gate in house leading to street;
    onurh-iyek-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ] gate
    leading to the backyard.
    
onusɛe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of white yam
    that has many leaves; v. ema 2
    [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
onwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] sun (in the sky); onw-
    ota [ ˩ \ ˩ ] evening sun (from the
    late afternoon); v. ovɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
onwi [ ˩ ˩ ] cow (special term for the
    female, while ɛmila [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] is a
    generic name).
    
onwina [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] carpenter, nowadays
    ekɛbita [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ] is used generally,
    and onwina denotes the Ɔba’s
    carpenters only; it also occurs
    in the name of the quarter Iduʋ̃-
    onwina [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] at Benin City; cf.
    nwina [ ˩ ˥ ].